Doug Flutie Converts First Drop Kick in 64 Years
The Patriots are headed to the playoffs after their most entertaining loss of the season. The Dolphins are done after their sixth straight win.
Tom Brady watched most of it from the sidelines.
Miami (9-7) achieved its longest winning streak in 13 years Sunday with a 28-26 victory over New England, which rested many of its starters with an eye toward Saturday night’s wild-card game against Jacksonville at Foxborough.
”When you’re a spectator, it’s a little bit different,” said Brady, who was 3-for-8 for 37 yards and didn’t play after the first quarter. ”You can’t control what’s going on.”
He couldn’t even have imagined.
Doug Flutie converted the NFL’s first successful drop kick for an extra point in 64 years. Rookie quarterback Matt Cassel, who threw 33 passes in four years as a backup at USC, threw two touchdown passes. And rookie wide receiver Bam Childress, who made his first pro catch after being activated before the game, gave up a touchdown catch while playing cornerback.
”We played guys to get them experience, get them out there to play,” coach Bill Belichick said, ”give them a chance so they will be better prepared to play if they are called upon.”
Defined for 21 years by the ”Hail Flutie,” the 43-year-old backup now has a historic bookend.
Source: Chicago Sun-Times.
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